Okay well rather than get dragged into a humourless discussion about the meaning of "generating offense" I'll just point out that you could claim that "offense" is "generated" when the puck leaves the stick of the player who scores... usually pretty damned close to the net and well inside the opposition's blueline.

dbr wrote:Okay well rather than get dragged into a humourless discussion about the meaning of "generating offense" I'll just point out that you could claim that "offense" is "generated" when the puck leaves the stick of the player who scores... usually pretty damned close to the net and well inside the opposition's blueline.

LOL... maybe check with Bobby Orr? Offence was generated every time the puck got on his stick.. no matter which zone

FAN wrote:That depends. Would you consider a stretch pass from own blueline that results in a breakaway goal or pass from neutral zone that results in a scoring chance and goal "offense generated inside the opposition's blueline?"